The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-12-13

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flee. He believed the House might
sit in committee for month and then
they would he hardly satisfied with the
result.
When the question came before the
Cabinet, it was not question of detail,
but of policy, shall we or shall we not
try TO restrict Chinese immigration,
and save ourselves from being swamped
| by Chinese. As things were before
there were rules enough, but were of
no effect This bill was an attempt to
make effective rules, and the Cabinet
was willing that the House should aid
them in that attempt. The House
had endorsed the principle by passing
the bill to second reading 10y n large
maioritv-S1 To Il. Now, ut the last
moment, n paper comes in from the
Chamber OF Commerce, an irrespon-
sihle body. having one thing to look
after-their own misunderstanding for
a postponement.
He agreed with those who held that
| his motion to table the bill was equiva-
lent to an indefinite postponement.
If ANYTHING in the details are needed
to be amended, now is the time to
do it. 1t looks to the Ministers this
y
! have decided that Chinese immigra-
ton must be restricted the Chamber
| of Commerce comes in and SAYS they
want more labor then open the doors
wide.
A good deal has been said about
] Ministers reSigning. With regard to
that, he did not think it was proper
/ for him to say what the Ministers in
! would Ia -,
/ take events in their regular order.
All he could say was if the House
Is not disposed to grapple with this
question, then the House and the Min
/ istry are not in accord.
! Rep. kamauoha said this was an
| important bill. Any one would say
iority by which the bill passed, and
/ then the mandate from the Chamber
! of Commerce, you shall not pass that
! BILL that the great question now is,
! are we going to obey the Chamber of
| Commerce or decide matters for our
! selves.
Looking over the reports of 1856 and
| 1854, it appears that 1900 Chinese
We're in the country, of whom about
I 1900 were laborers. And there is no
] INV ~ liANNNAN nAOtC OOllAllS. llt
/ Government should have power to
stop them. In Honolulu there is
large surplus of idle Chinese. We
have enough Chinese. The trouble is
that they will not all work. There are
about twice as many unemployed as
working. If everyone in the country
able 10 work We're willing, there would
not be enough work for them.
Nnl,1n 1IN-i,, sold l,a l,oI l,,o,, -,
committee on the bill. They had re-
commended amendments. The time
had not come vet for a Drohibitory
Chinese immigration bill He was in
favor of a restrictive bill. If the Min
listers say they are not going to listen
to the voice of a body representing
large commercial interests, it was time
for a test TO come He was willing to
pass i reasonable bill. If there is any
promise of a reasonable bill forthcom-
Ing, he would not oppose the reconsid-
Grafton. He did not see what hurry
there was for this bill.
Noble Widemann did not object to
doctoriug the bill up now and should
vote for reconsideration.
The ayes and noes We're called on the |
motion to reconsider:
-Ni4ONAlF ". lDlphlls |
Ashford, Robinson, Dowsett, ST.,
Foster, Wight, Motley, Wall, Town |
Widemann, Makee, G. Y. Wilcox,
Brown, Kamai, Mcguire, Kamauoha,
Helekunihi, Kawainui, A. s. Wilcox,
Rice, Gay, Paehaole-34
On1a n,r,-1,++
Naone, Kinney, Nawahine, Daniels, |
Nakaleka-S.
Noble Baldwin moved committee |
Of seven be appointed to consider the
bill and report on Monday.
kamauoha moved an amendment |
that the committee report tomorrow.
Noble Smith approved of sitting to-
morrow for the report, and if the COM
mittee are not ready, they can ask an
extension of time.
Noble Baldwin accepted the amend
ment.
The motion then passed.
The President appointed the follow
ing committee on the bill: Minister
Brown, Mobiles Baldwin, Smith, Cas-
tie, Robinson, Dole, Richardson.
VETOED BILLS.
The President read the following
communication from His Majesty:
To the Hon. S G. Wilder, President of the
Legislature of the Kingdom, Sir: | here
with return to the Legislative Assembly of
the Kingdom, without my signature, the
. Bill AbOlishinG the Office of Governors
and the "Act to Provide for the Discharge of
Certain Duties Heretofore Performed by the
Governors of the Different Islands, giving
my reasons for doing SO. viz:
First-The Governor of each island is the
Chief within his respective
gubernatorial jurisdiction. And as such has
important duties to fulfil under certain CON
tingencies which are not at all unlikely to
arise.
Second-The Governors of the islands are
commanders of batteries and Notifications
wherever placed within their respective
islands, Their ports are opened By law for
commerce with foreign countries and the
and exchange of national
courtesies by the rules and regulations gov
erning foreign national vessels. rest with the
highest military officer, and no provision has
been made to meet the exigencies in this